Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, on Thursday, flagged off ‘Start-Up’ Yatra’ van. The van will make halts at various educational institutions of Shimla, Solan, Sirmour, Hamirpur, Kangra, Chamba, Kullu and Mandi districts before its culmination at IIT, Mandi on November 30.
The initiative is supposed to provide help with the creation of incubation centers in the host institutes of the state to create building capacities and develop networking by establishing necessary infrastructure and generating awareness.
Speaking at the event, which is aimed at helping young entrepreneurs, CM Jai Ram Thakur said that the state’s Startup programme is aimed at turning its educated youths into job providers from job seekers.